| Check Points | Fresno (FAT) |
MENDO | GILRO | Palo Alto (PAO) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leg | 42.8 | 55.6 | 46.1 | |
| Rem. | 144.5 | 101.7 | 46.1 | 0 |
| Time | 17:40 | 18:11 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| Speed (knts) | 85.0 (avr.) | 82.8 | 90.2 | 81.4 |
| Freq. | 118.2 | 132.35 | 119.6 | 120.95 | 127.45 | 120.1 | 118.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Fresno Tower | Fresno App. | Fresno App. |
Fresno App. | Oakland Center |
Norcal Departure | Palo Alto Tower |
| Consumption (gallons) | Flight Hour (hour) |
Fuel Consumption (gallons/hour) |
|---|---|---|
| 16.0 | 2.02 | 7.9 |
| Place | Total Fueled (gallons) | Total Price ($) |
Unit Price ($/gallon) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 8.5 | 31.45 | 3.7 |
We had a wonderful mechanics at Fresno. They found that the alternator belt was not tight enough due to rain so that it was slipping and could not provide enough electricity to the battery. They checked spark plugs and did not find anything wrong except bare lead wire. They anyway fixed the bare lead and checked engine worked fine.
After all done, we took off again at 5:40pm. It seemed we flew into a low pressure system and could not climb to the assigned altitude 8,000 feet. We got a reroute clearance at around 10NM East from PXN. We also got a delayed vector for LOC-DME app. to Palo Alto.
Ranway 13 was in use and I had to execute a circle-to-land. There was a piece of cloud at around 600 feet although the ceiling was 1500 feet and I almost lost the runway.